https://doi.org/10.31261/SPiP.2007.04.13
The abbey of Orłowa, today in the suburbs of Ostrava, founded 12.06.1268, from the very beginning was organisationally connected with its mother abbey in Tyniec. The abbey in Orłow was dependent from it both in personal issues and taking most important decisions like the appointment of the abbot office. Orłowa along with the abbey in Stare Troki in Lithuania with prepositures: in Kościelna Wieś, Uniejowice and Staniątka constituted a group - a federation of abbeys subordinate to the abbey in Tyniec. There was a very dynamic system of exchange of the abbots between the two abbeys only a half of them stayed in mother abbey, the rest was in subordinate abbeys. Appearing in the title Mikołaj Morawicki came from Morawica (near Cracow) being the family nest of Topor. He was a son of Spytek Grzegowic called Stary from Morawica coat of arms: Topor, successor of Lgota, part of Regulice and Chrosna. The first record concerning Mikołaj dates back to 21.03.1468 when he appeared without any office probably as a young abbot. He appeared in a group of witnesses during benediction of new abbot of Orłow Piotr Żarnowiecki (07.02.1479) in Nysa. In the nineties of 15th century Mikołaj Morawski probably held the office of prepositor in Tuchow and then (1503) the office of a prior in Tyniec. Holding the office of prepositor in Tuchow he defrauded quite a fortune and was dismissed from the office. His successor Stanislaw Baranowski brought a suit against him at consistorium of bishops about appropriated possessions and properties. The sentence obliged him to return the mentioned properties. After having reached compromise the abbot of Tyniec appointed him an abbot in Orłowa. Morawicki probably died before 1511 when Andrzej Gniady was appointed an abbot of Orłowa. Showing the behind-the-scenes of Morawicki’s appointment to that abbey shed light on the mechanisms of the inner functioning of the group - federation of abbeys and the personal rotations. Prepositures were certain “safety valve” for those who from various reasons could not fit into the frames of mother abbey and where they could have been sent to sooth the atmosphere. For some it might have meant promotion and a step forward in their “careers” or a well deserved reward for devoted service and by some (especially malcontents) was perceived as penal exile.
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